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[burdenbearing]

[Action: Around town.]

[Mirai's run out of drone clothes to destroy and re-use as pieces for her growing clothes and teddy bear collection, so that leaves her one option: getting a source of income. The solution? A job, of course!

She's wandering around town with a few job applications in her hand, muttering to herself in an annoyed tone.]

This is so stupid! How can it be this annoying to find a job?

[Action: John Doe Park]

[Later in the evening, around sunset, Mirai has snuck into the park to test out her latest regain. She's not very well-hidden, and anyone wandering nearby might see a bright flash of light, and a girl in a pink, fluffy dress holding a heart-shaped wand behind some bushes.]

It worked! Hah, I knew I would get it back sooner or later! This town can't keep my things away from me for long.

[How smug. Despite that, though, she seems genuinely pleased.]

Comments

[fatedmagica]

Mirai-san... Mm, yeah... Thanks.

[ She smiles shyly. ]

Actually, um... Mirai-san... You... do you know Mami-san and Homura-chan yet...?

[burdenbearing]

[Aha. Haha. Oh, darn it.]

I don't think I've met anybody named Mami, but I've seen Homura around. Why?

[fatedmagica]

Well um! I mean, I don't mean to burden you so soon, but! But they're both Magical Girls from our world like Satomi-san and you... I-I don't think they're having any problems yet but um-.

I...

[ She remembers how upset Sayaka was. The last time she ever talked to Sayaka, when her friend told her she was upset with Madoka for not becoming a Magical Girl. ]

... There are... there are things about being a Magical Girl that only another Magical Girl can help with... so...

[burdenbearing]

[Madoka, stop being such a good girl. You're making Mirai feel like protecting you.]

Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll talk to them, if that's what you want.

[She nods to herself, pausing for a moment before she speaks again.]

Hey, Madoka. You know the risks about becoming a Magical Girl, right?