six; voice. ☆

[happyends]

[ The message left on the journals is a short one. After all, the message she's bringing is so upsetting to her that she can't really talk much about it. Heck, she can hardly speak up without her voice shaking, and she shouldn't show everyone how upset she is-- after all, it's better for people to not be stuck here, right? No matter how upsetting it might be, and no matter that a lot of people she knows have left already - leaving her all alone in her apartment in the end, even though she's lived with so many people over time. ]

... Um.. F-.. for those of you who knew Yui-chan-- .. Yui Konagi.. she went back home.

[ ... ]

There are some things l-left behind for people too, so.. hmm.

[ She can't even say this properly, can she? Instead she just closes the journal for a bit. ]

Comments

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[happyends]

Ah, I d-didn't know all that was so hard on you.. [ at least he activated her being helpful mode.. apparently. ]

I'm sorry, I'll try to give you my sympathetic company the best I can if that makes you feel better..!

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[menial]

Thank you, Madoka-chan.

And you know, this doesn't mean that you should hide what you're feeling. Misery loves company, and all that... I'll probably feel better if you tell me honestly if anything's dragging you down, too.

['A little too obvious...?']

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[happyends]

.. Well.. you already understand, right..? [ especially when he puts it that obviously - even someone like Madoka can see through that much. ]

It's a little sad that Yui-chan had to leave, that's all, b-but.. I should feel glad for her, I guess..

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[menial]

Well, yeah, I do, but you might want to talk about it still, after all.

I think you should draw a distinction, honestly, Madoka-chan. You should be glad for her, sure, but you can also be sad for yourself.

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[happyends]

But.. I can't do both of those at the same time, right..? I can't be happy and sad at the same time..

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[menial]

You'd be surprised. Anyway, the point of that is... don't try to be anything. Just be what you are and don't worry about it. You know, like if you need to cry, well, everyone needs to cry sometimes.

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[happyends]

... A-are you saying.. I should cry?

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[menial]

.....

['This is hard.']

I'm saying if you want to, you should. It's not going to hurt anyone.

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[happyends]

[ a quick shake of her head. ]

No.. I-it's fine. I've.. already cried enough by now. [ hence the red eyes. ] I shouldn't cry any more than this..

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[menial]

['In this episode: I try to make a cute girl cry.

Jeez, Haruhi much? All right, better leave it.']

Okay. Then let's talk about something happier, okay?

[happyends]

.. Hmm, like what..? [ at least she's rubbing her eyes a little now, trying to appear more normal. ] Did anything good happen to you lately..?

[menial]

...Well.

I slept in this morning.

[happyends]

Ehehe, yes, that's.. a good thing, isn't it? Congratulations.. [ Madoka, you don't have to go along with it that badly!! ]

[menial]

['... Wow.']

Well, also, I, um, I've been keeping in touch with my SOS Brigade-assigned pen pal.

[happyends]

.. Oh, you're part of that..? Who is your pen pal, do I maybe know them?

[menial]

It's Shiemi Moriyama-san.

[happyends]

Ah, I've never heard that name before.. are they at least nice to you?

[menial]

She's a very nice girl, yeah. Apparently, anyway. Though there's also stuff I don't know about like fighting demons and stuff.

[happyends]

.. Wah..! She used to fight demons back home, really? [ was she a magical girl of sorts too, then.. ]

[menial]

That's what she said. You two are pretty similar, in some ways. You're both very kind and everything.

[happyends]

Ehehe, you're being too kind to me.. but.. if she's really that nice, I wouldn't mind meeting her at all.

[menial]

No one could be too kind to you, Madoka. You would just magically reflect it right back at them or something.

Maybe I'll introduce you sometime.

[happyends]

I wouldn't mind that.. a-ah, if it isn't a bother for you, that is! And I wouldn't want to accidentally magically reflect it back at them, that sounds like some kind of attack that might hurt.. [ taking it seriously. ]

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[menial]

[menial]

...Okay, I'll try to remember to do that sometime, then, Madoka-chan. Always good to have more friends around here.