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crop-pop · 9 months
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So, Twitter being rebranded as 'X' now...
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mrsbbradshaw · 2 years
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Who's the better Kazansky ?
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Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x fem! Kazansky reader
Warnings : Top Gun Maverick Spoilers, Character death, angst if you squint, fluff
Synopsis : When the news of her father's death arrived, of all people that turned to her comfort, Bradley was the last person she expected to console her.
"You're joining the navy ? Are you insane ?"
"Like father like daughter ?" She raised her brows, smiling at the admiral.
Tom "Iceman" Kazansky stroked his chin, eyeing his daughter who he knew had so much potential in becoming a pilot. He had always wanted his daughter to figure out life on her own, it was against his parenting rules to push her into following his footsteps but there she was in front of him, telling the 1985 Top Gun graduate that she wanted to be just like him.
She's a wild with a free spirit, the admiral's daughter was always breaking rules, she was always getting into trouble, getting into fights, going home with injuries and cuts here and there made her earn a few scoldings from her parents, especially her mother saying things like "you're a girl for God's sake !". Tom Kazansky knew she got that from him and as she grew older, he knew there was nothing he could do to change her as a person.
He would always scoff, his daughter was a living copy of his friend, Maverick. The only difference between those two is their ego.
A smile began to form on his lips. Standing up from his seat,
"It's gonna be a long journey ahead, Kazansky"
"Tom ! What are you thinking ? She can die out there ! She's not like you !" His wife complained, practically shouting to him to change his mind, only if he knew how many sleepless nights his wife has suffered over the years with the fear of the naval officer pilot not returning after a mission.
"I think you underestimate the power of the Kazanskys" He chuckled snakily, pulling his daughter into a hug.
"You're gonna be one hell of a pilot, sweetie"
'Y/N Kazansky'
'Frosty'
A call sign that slightly resembled her father's.
People in the navy said she got it from her 'cold' personality, but she would always disagree. In fact, she gets comfortable with people easily, except one man.
Bradley Bradshaw, AKA "Rooster".
She could remember being the best of friends with him throughout middle school, at some point she had a crush on him. That was until he sold her out to the principal, earning a suspension from school when she was defending a bully.
"Violence is dangerous, Kazansky, YOU'RE dangerous." He told her.
They became sworn enemies ever since, exchanging snarky remarks and insults to each other and by the time the two of them applied to the navy, she didn't want to lose against him.
But, there was a turning point.
Her heart dropped hearing that Bradley's papers were pulled from other applicants. She had thought that they would've been in the navy together.
In terms of who pulled his papers were kept from her. Admiral Kazansky and Captain Mitchell did not want her to find out that Maverick was the cause of Bradley's career postponement.
She remembered staying in the corner of a room alone after the news of the successful applicants came out.
'Bradley didn't deserve this' she thought.
They were enemies, yeah, but it was only to his eyes. Did she hate him ? no. Does he hate her ? probably.
She was over the snitching thing after a month, but it looked like Bradley doesn't want to be her friend anymore as he gradually started avoiding her.
That's when she thought that he was going to make himself regret for letting her go and the competitiveness began.
On the other hand
There was only one person Bradley hoped would see him. He thought that she was at least going to comfort him and put their problems in the past. He was ready to start fresh with her but she never came to see him.
Y/n had only stopped being competitive because there was no one left she wanted to beat so bad. Never once had she ever meet him during those times she was in the Fighter Weapons School.
This was the point which made Bradley think that their friendship was done for good. He had developed this mindset that the only reason why her papers weren't pulled was because of her admiral father.
He scoffed at the thought, 'It's a good thing she has a father'
Little did he knew, when she let her guard down because of him, he ultimately became ahead of her over time.
Lieutenant Kazansky eyed her name tag, sitting inside the locker room alone with a drooped posture, her face turned downwards towards her uniform.
The news of her father's incurable illness had just reached her.
She closed her eyes tightly, releasing a deep breath. A tear slid town from her eyes, her hands still grasping her uniform.
Crestfallen, she realised that her father's days were numbered.
"It's okay if you want to take some time off and spend the rest of the time with your father, Kazansky"
She wiped her tears, hearing her superior's voice. Turning to face him, she quickly stood up and replied him.
"No sir, with all due respect, I have a duty and a country to serve, I would appreciate it if I have the chance of continuing my job, sir"
"Very well Kazansky"
She rarely see her father after the news broke out, she didn't want to see him in that state, even speaking hurts, her mother told her while begging her numerous times to come home and she did, sometimes.
Each time she gets home and meet her sick father, They would always have a heart-felt conversation and the proud smile on his face would always reappear when his daughter comes home.
He would always smile looking at her in her uniform, eyeing her name tag which resembles to his. 'Frosty' and 'Iceman'. And she would always break down after each visit.
She went home again the time she was called back to Top Gun for a mission.
"I've been called back, Dad"
Tom Kazansky turned his body to type
'I know'
"So you were the one who recommended me to them ?"
Tom furrowed his brows, typing onto his keyboard again
'Of course not, they wanted the best of the best'
"So you didn't do anything ?"
'I told you, you're gonna be one hell of a pilot'
"What if I don't come home ?"
Tom immediately shook his head
'you must. I put my trust in someone I know who will make the mission a success and bring you all home in one piece'
"Will he be there ?" She asked her dad, He raised his brows and in an instant he knew who she was talking about.
"You still like him don't you ?"
"Of course not !" The younger Kazansky knitted her brows, glaring at the man in front of her. She was in denial, lying to herself and everyone but she knew that deep down she had feelings for Bradley Bradshaw
"You can lie to everyone, but not me."
The admiral stood up from his seat, walking towards his daughter who was still in uniform, Y/n stood up to help her father which he declined.
Iceman patted his daughter's shoulder with his palms, smiling again. The proud look that would never disappear whenever he saw her. He grabbed her hand to stroke it.
"you two...should...rekindle"
"I want...a grandchild...before I go"
Y/n playfully hit her father, earning a chuckle from him.
"I have a question, dad"
Her dad eyed her, to ask what it was
"Who's the better Kazansky ?"
Iceman chuckled, opening his mouth to answer
"We'll answer that...when you get home...."
He then pulled his daughter into a tight hug, a hug so warm and welcoming that she did not want it to be over.
"Good luck....sweetie"
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The moment that she saw him enter from the Hard Deck's entrance, she could immediately recognise his face even when he was wearing sunglasses.
He became more attractive over the years she didn't see him. He definitely grew taller and his shoulders grew broader. He had a clean, neatly trimmed and tidy moustache that suited him, and the Hawaiian shirt that he wore only made him even more charming.
It was the same for him, when he stepped into the bar, the first person he could spot was her. She became more gorgeous, her striking features of her face were captivating, her smile is magnetic, making himself almost forget the time when his heart raced when she smiled at him.
He hate to admit but he missed her, so much.
"Bradshaw" she greeted first
"Kazansky" The flat tone that he used to reply to her was a sign that he still didn't like her. He was nice to everyone but her...and Hangman.
Years of not seeing each other, They were still avoiding each other.
"You got beef with Bradshaw ?" Hangman asked her, opening a bottle of beer then passing it onto her
"Just some old stuff" The two of them eyed the man who was heading for the piano.
"Well it doesn't look like 'just some old stuff' when he replied you"
"Get off my ass, Hangman" she rolled her eyes at him when she could recognise the familiar chords on the piano that Bradley was playing.
She knew this song anyway.
'You brought my wheel, but what a thrill'
'Goodness gracious great balls of fire !"
The whole bar cheered up as they started singing the song which included Kazansky who stood close beside Bradley. For a moment, for one night
Every differences between them were put aside, enjoying themselves for one night, one night before they were snapped back into reality.
One night before their training for a highly intense mission started with Maverick as their instructor.
That night was before Hangman decided to expose Bradshaw and Maverick that he was flying with Nick Bradshaw AKA "Goose" When Bradley's father died.
"That's enough !" Maverick yelled, attempting to break out the fight that almost occurred.
She was one of the people that held Rooster back. They weren't on good terms, neither were they talking to each other but Hangman was out of the line.
The night at the Hard Deck was before Phoenix, Bob and Coyote almost lost their lives.
The evening that they went to the infirmary, She decided that she needed to get closure from Bradley, she thought that they should be working as a team and having beef in between them in highly unprofessional and childish.
She overheard a heated argument between Maverick and Bradley that hindered the two of them from having a conversation.
"Kazansky" Her superior, Warlock called
"yes sir ?"
His face was gloomy, full of sorrow. He had this look of sorrow that was written all over his face. With a heavy heart, he broke the news to her.
"It's your father"
She knew. She instantly knew what had happened. She immediately knew that he was going to tell her that her father has passed away.
A hush fell as she hung her head lowly, her eyes filled with tears that escaped, staining her cheeks. She blinked away the tears, only for it to blur her vision, letting out a deep breath, replying to Warlock
"Thank you...for telling me sir..."
Her superior then went to the room beside where they were standing to break the news towards Maverick and Bradley.
The two men stepped out from the room after a heated argument with a tragic news.
He could see her from the corner of his eyes, she was standing still, eyes looking at her foot with her fist closed. His eyes softened, he could only imagine what she must be going through. He knew what it was like to lose a father. Bradley knew how close Y/n was with her father.
She turned to face him with her tear stained face, His heart ached to see her like this, to see her miserable face. Y/n walked away from Warlock, Maverick and Rooster towards the locker room where she would be alone, isolated.
The atmosphere of the locker room which used to be light and bright became so silent. Seating alone in darkness, she recalled her last moments with her father .
"Good Luck, Sweetie"
That was the last time she could ever meet him, talk to him, hug him...
She knew that his days were numbered, she knew that he didn't have a lot of time left but what she didn't expect was death being so cruel.
Bleakness completely engulfing her. She felt her throat closing up, sighing heavily, letting her head drop, She buried her face into her palms, the tears continued to stream down.
Tom "Iceman" Kazansky is dead.
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She wasn't a soldier that day. She was a daughter.
The tears that were on the edge of her eyes only dropped when her mother received an American flag and when his casket was lowered down.
Then she was alone again after the funeral, she said she wanted to be alone to her mother.
"You'll always be the better Kazansky, dad..."
Looking at his grave stone, she could hear a familiar voice rung through her ears
"Still here ?"
She wasn't alone then...
"Spare your insults for another day, Goddamit Bradshaw"
"I'm not here for insults, Y/n" He took of his peaked cap, taking a step closer to her.
"Your father was a good man"
"He was..."
His eyes observed her facial expression, the wind blowing on her face, the weather, dark and gloomy, he could see her clearly and up close after years of not seeing each other.
Grief.
That was the only thing he could see from her.
The two stood by beside each other, there was a moment of silence between the two of them before she spoke up, still looking at the admiral's headstone.
"Why are you still here ?"
"I don't know" He answered
"You don't know ?" she scoffed, asking him a question
"You know what were his last words to me ?"
"'You two should rekindle' was what he said" It was only at this time did she turn to eye him.
"I tried to understand it, I tried to...I knew he didn't- he didn't have a lot of time and I-, I didn't want to see him so much after finding out, I couldn't- I couldn't-"
Bradley listened to her, his eyes were soft and he was attentive. He noticed that her eyes were getting wet with tears.
"Shit, I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to him" she chewed her lower lip, then she just mumbled incoherent things through her hands and choked on her sobs.
Bradley gambled his whole life on the next thing he was about to do.
"Come here" he walked towards her, closing the space between them with a hug from him. Bradley stroked her hair gently as an act of comfort.
His mother did this to him when his father died, it was his turn to comfort someone he cares about.
"Let it out, let it all out" He spoke tenderly while she began to sob harder on his chest, tears of pain running down her cheeks.
This was the first time that they hugged in probably a decade. No, this hug was different. All the times they hugged before, it was playful, this time she felt warm, like a blanket wrapped around her, a feeling of complete comfort. She felt safe around his arms.
"I'm here...I'm here even when I can't make it better..."
"Don't go anywhere, Bradley"
"I'm not...day or night, I'll always be here..."
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itsbenedict · 6 years
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No Driver’s License: Session 25 (aka We Ruined The Moon)
No Driver’s License is a Madoka Magica game I’m running for five players, using a homebrew of Yaruki Zero’s Magical Burst system. It follows five magical girls as they deal with an upheaval in the world’s magic system caused by some strange new three-eyed Incubators. They have to figure out what’s going on, who to trust, and how to put a stop to the cycle of despair.
I post session logs and omakes weekly, both as a reference for the players and for anyone who wants to follow along with the party’s misadventures.
[adventure log- read from the beginning]
[session 24 / omakes]
Last time on No Driver’s License: the party dealt with their fiery landlady, which was more of a hassle than you’d think. (Because the “fiery” part was literal.) Yukari sold some gold and had a mental breakdown, Sakura got chased across the city by a pack of wild animals, and the rest of the team did their best to keep those things from becoming full-fledged disasters.
But now that they’ve dealt with the immediate emergencies, and have some time to themselves... uh. Well, Yukari and Ibara have some plans to investigate plot stuff, but Sakura, Makoto, and Seina... decide to go to the moon.
I should stress that there isn’t anything important on the moon. I never hinted at anything being on the moon. The moon isn’t magic. None of the bad guys are on the moon, and they don’t need to use the moon for anything. They just decided to go to the moon, because what’s the point of magic powers if you can’t just go to the moon sometimes?
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(thanks ciroton 4 important edit)
...Oh, and also something else happens this session. It’s, uh... well, I’ll let it take you by as much surprise as it took me.
So, the team is recuperating in their hotel room (a new one, less fancy, not being watched by the government at least for now). Ibara wants to follow up with that Joshuya Junko kid, the one who was with the SWAT team thing that arrested Yukari and her. Various plans are floated wrt contacting her, including- from Sakura- a plan to request a meeting in the guise of a love confession.
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After more debate, the question of “why are we contacting Junko anyway” is raised, which leads to a debate about trusting the authorities and getting institutional support. Yukari waxes poetic about the expansion of civilization across the universe, and... then Sakura considers that they could go to the moon.
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After Yukari begs Sakura not to vandalize the American flag on the moon, on the basis of it being a precious historical artifact, the team splits into two- half of them headed moonward with a ridiculous propulsion scheme, and the other two- Yukari and Ibara- deciding to pursue leads on Junko.
Let’s... start with the moon. The moon is, if not as important as what comes next, a bigger and more complicated endeavor.
So, Sakura and Makoto do some research together- Makoto earlier scored a 12 on her school roll, so she conferred a +2 bonus to their research roll to see if they could figure out the rocket science necessary to design a functioning moon rocket. They succeeded! (Of note: it was @defectivealtruist​, Seina’s player, who actually ran the numbers IRL, because apparently they know rocket science??? i made sure to double check with a couple other rocket scientists hey why do i know so many rocket scientists???)
So, with Sakura using magic to juice up a mentos and diet coke reaction to achieve the same thrust as rocket fuel- because yes, that’s how they’re doing this- which just leaves, uh... well, two issues. One issue is “getting enough diet coke and mentos to launch a fucking rocket to the moon”, and the other issue is “wait, so how do we ride this thing?”.
First things first: any problem of the form “we don’t have enough of material X” is solved by taking a small amount of material X, and getting the resident shrinky-growy technician Otsuki Orino to make it very big. Unfortunately... last we saw Orino, she’d had a severe emotional reaction to events at the Christmas party, and ran off without telling anyone where she’d gone.
Thankfully, Seina has her phone number.
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However, she changes her tune a little after they tell her why- that they’re planning a trip to the moon.
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So, with that apparently out of the way, the actual ship design becomes important. Thankfully, Makoto has an idea- and the idea is “use Mesmerizing Menagerie to conjure a magical space pelican, with built-in pockets for attaching diet coke bottles”. Which... works??????? Sure! Sure, that’s fine, y’all have a magical space pelican with soda bottle rockets embedded in its flesh. That’s not weird!
So Orino shows up, sort of nonplussed by the sight of this magic mutant pelican, but does her thing- gets up close, fixes her perspective, and backs up until it’s gigantic. Then... 
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https://itsbenedict.tumblr.com/post/169943455239/maverick-ornithography-i-felt-like-i-needed-to
Problem now is... they can’t leave Yoshe unattended. They’ve been doing this project over at the greenhouse (Seina was guarding her, Sakura and Makoto came over here to meet up with her). If they all left, though, Yoshe would probably pull off whatever her mystery escape plan is.
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They reassure her that no, they’re really just inviting her on a day trip.
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They explain the plan- the pelican flies them to the upper atmosphere where flight no longer works, then they switch on the rockets.
Despite all this- and despite Sakura’s successful Heart roll to notice that she actually does very much want to go... she claims that she’d rather stay here. And... most of the team decides to bring her anyway.
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Fortunately, Makoto insists on staying behind to guard Yoshe, as opposed to leaving Yoshe alone- and that causes Yoshe to change her tune pretty quick, because of course this whole moon hater charade was just a ploy to get them to leave her unattended, and between “be watched and go to the moon” and “be watched and don’t go to the moon”, she’ll take the former.
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So they all pile into pelican mouth, and blast off! And... make some real checks.
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So, apparently, a building-sized pelican that pokes over the trees attracts attention, of the magical sort. Seelenfaust is in hot pursuit.
Thankfully, Makoto’s got her Camouflage ability, and so- after Seelenfaust’s pursuit is diverted by a spray of Diet Coke rocket exhaust- Emiko loses track of the pelican and decides to stop at her orbital hangar rather than continue searching. They’ve shaken their tail!
So they land on the moon- but find that, whoops, the atmosphere is too thin for verbal speech, and they didn’t bring an Incubator. Seina has to do some work with her new telepathy ability to hook everyone up. There’s also the issue of “wait, did we bring Earth bacteria with us to the moon, thereby contaminating it?” And... the answer is “yes, you ruined the moon, but that affects you in no way whatsoever.”
So, they frolic, they jump around in low gravity, they write their names in moon dust...
And then Ibara realizes something.
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It sure wasn’t airtight when it opened up to let them out on the moon!
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So, of course, I wanted to have Yoshe witch out and have a fight on the moon- and Yoshe wanted to witch out and have a fight on the moon, because that’s exactly her plan, to have her physical body die and have her Soul Gem burn itself out trying to regenerate it, so that she’d become a witch and escape the cage and be teleported to safety by Kimiko.
Unfortunately for the both of us, the players are quick thinkers. Seina magics up an oxygen mask made of flowers to stabilize her, and then... uh, I hate that this made sense and worked, but they... crawled into the pelican’s gullet, and stuffed the tiny and unconscious Yoshe into the giant pelican’s windpipe, and thereby into its magically-oxygenated lungs. They manage to save her from dying, just barely.
Seina hooks Makoto up to Yoshe to check on her.
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So... this incident has kind of ruined the mood. Makoto’s down in the dumps over almost killing Yoshe, and they’re about ready to go home.
...Except wait, while they were distracted, Orino disappeared.
Let me give you a brief rundown of Orino’s interactions with the party, from her perspective:
After being bullied into witching by Emiko, was brought back to life to see them making friends with her
Was invited to go witch-hunting by Seina, and went along with it for the hell of it
Was dragged in to a nightmare battle against the cannibals and two of the party’s witches
Yukari permanently injured her magic by stealing it to permashrink Yoshe, which was excruciatingly painful.
Was thereafter used as a scale tool for various trivialties
Was asked to guard Yoshe, who psychologically assaulted her and made her feel terrible
When she opened up about her past trauma at the Christmas party, had her boundaries trampled all over and received a promise that the Purification that dulled the pain of her trauma would be undone
These things, on top of other issues in her life that the party never looked into, because getting to know their scale tool was not on the list of priorities, appear to have culminated in a desire to go live on the moon and never leave or speak to anyone ever again!
In their search, they happen across... footprints, and a grave with a dried flower laid on it, implying that they’re not the first magical girls to think of going to the moon- but they don’t find Orino, and she’s faster than them with her ink wings. Unfortunately, it’s what she’s decided to do, so they don’t press the issue, and instead board the pelican to go home. 
It’s as they re-enter the atmosphere, and then re-enter range of cell phone towers, that they... get a text.
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Wait, what the hell happened while they were gone? Let’s... rewind a little, to after they split up.
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The answer to that is “ask Kaname Tomohisa”, but unfortunately they don’t know where Tomohisa lives. They know where he goes to school, though! It’s Ibara’s school (and the others’ school.) Unfortunately, it’s after school, so he’s not there. He’s at home, and they don’t know where that is. This calls for... Doing What Yukari Did Earlier When Makoto Ran Away! That is, breaking into the secretary’s office and looking up student records!
This time, they’re not in as much of a rush- and also, Ibara is here, and has that lovely wish of hers that makes authority figures get out of her way and let her do what she needs to do. She just... strolls in!
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With a little less panic than the last time one of the team was here checking records, they look through things a little more thoroughly, to dig up dirt on their fellow students.
First, they get Tomohisa’s information- it turns out he actually lives a few doors down from Ibara! And... she never noticed. He probably nursed that crush for a while before Ibara turned him down in freshman year.
That info is good, but Yukari wanted her to get more than just that. She looks up Kimiko and Emiko.
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*when Yukari and Makoto arrived in the city. the other three have already been living there.
They also search for mysterious disappearances.
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Ibara prints out the relevant information, and has a brief conversation with the secretary- who, huh, is named Otsuki Okimi, and bears a resemblance to Orino. After confirming that this system doesn’t have logging, and there’s no need to destroy the computer to cover her tracks, Ibara takes the profiles to Yukari.
After Yukari takes a look, they move on with the plan to track down Junko by contacting Tomohisa. Ibara calls her family to ask about the Kanames, just in case.
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She also texts her older sister, Chihiro- who hasn’t appeared in this story because she’s already gone off to college.
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After slogging through a bunch of catch-up and small talk, Ibara finally gets around to asking her about the Kanames, and...
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So, the recon via the Kazama family having been mostly a bust, they head over to Tomohisa’s house. Ibara... stays out of sight, while Yukari knocks.
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Let’s see how that plan works out!
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Ibara’s forced to come out of hiding and admit her presence- and while Madoka’s grandma is kind of confused by the lie, she recognizes Ibara and calls Tomohisa down.
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So, they have to convince Tomohisa that they don’t intend to hurt Junko, first, but eventually they get her phone number.
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So, then they start dealing with the text they got from Makoto about how Emiko and Seelenfaust found the greenhouse. Before using Junko’s phone number, they decide to scout for a new hiding place for Yoshe. Yukari does a thing where she does a prophecy wrt “if we hide her right where the rest of the group comes down, will that go bad?”, and gets 20% okay outcomes, meaning it’s actually not too hard to find a place for her. They eventually narrow it down to an abandoned lot with some shipping containers, and send the rest of the team the coordinates.
Anyway, remember Yukari said that some fate-of-the-world stuff happens? Let’s get to that. Yukari has Ibara text Junko.
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(if you’ll recall, Erika Furudo is the fake name Yukari used on the stock exchange. having recently played Umineko, i am now side-eyeing zero super hard.)
So... they start trying to warn her about magic stuff, but she goes “yeah, I already know”. Which is weird. Apparently, she’s been in contact with the Incubators?
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They decide to trust her, more or less, and try to use her to get in contact with the government.
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They tell Junko that they have a way to keep Incubators from mindwiping people (which is to say, giving them Tama and Nishi’s secret, so that mind-wiping them would give away the game to the Incubators. Not that they say as much. They only hint that the Incubators aren’t all on the same side.)
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They name a spot and nail down the arrangement. Which triggers... the fate of the world shit.
WARNING: Rebellion spoilers ahead, if you haven’t seen that movie yet.
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IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SAY.
Unfortunately for me, Yukari and Ibara both have unspent Hope point bursts. Hope fallout, in Magical Burst, allows...
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They pick “you find a new friend”, and that means the Devil does not vanish on the spot.
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Sakura... is more or less correct.
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Yukari, then... pledges to help. She won’t just “not fuck it up”- if allowing this future to happen will end the Devil, end the Incubators’ magic... she will actively assist the Devil in her plan.
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And now it’s Ibara’s turn to talk some sense into the Devil.
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Yukari and Ibara tag-team the Devil, demanding that she stay and fight rather than reset the universe. They promise that hope still exists. Magical girls are those who grant the wishes of others.
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Magical girls- ordinary, broken human beings- driving around the corpses of unspeakable alien horrors, copying their movements because they don’t know what else to do. That’s... No Driver’s License.
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So, in summary: the players’ plan to change the course of history by using magic to fix the world... is incompatible with the original timeline of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and as they got close to the critical disruption- getting Madoka’s parents involved- they drew the attention of the Devil, who long ago stole the place of whatever being was responsible for magic, and has since been trying to make the universe run correctly such that she and Madoka meet again.
And now, rather than inevitably fucking up and pissing off the final boss... they’ve got the final boss on their side.
I... am not entirely sure what to do from here. I guess we’ll find out!
Next time on No Driver’s License: a full session of negotiating with the Devil.
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