Overture

[knight_of_discord]

[Action; morning; 836 Hastings]

[Sayaka wakes up on Monday morning with her usual difficulty, tossing and turning in bed as the sunlight peeks through the window of her room.  Yawning, she rubs her eyes and wanders around the bedroom bleary-eyed and half asleep for a minute or so before finding the doorknob.  She manages to get all the way to the bathroom and is in the middle of brushing her teeth before she finally realizes that this place is unfamiliar and her pajamas aren't the ones she went to bed with.]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?  What the heck?

[And now she's immediately kicked into high gear, running back into 'her' bedroom and tearing the room apart.  There's got to be something familiar here, or at least something to tell her where she is.  She starts panicking even more when she notices she's not wearing a ring and her Soul Gem is nowhere to be found.]

No way!  No way, no way, no way!  Where is it?

[Action; afternoon; around town]

[Once Sayaka's done tearing the house apart looking for a Soul Gem she isn't going to find, she wastes no time in taking to the streets of Mayfield.  She's managed to find a baseball bat owned by one of the drones, and she holds it protectively at her side as she jogs up and down unfamiliar roads.  It's clear that she has no idea where she's going, evidenced by all the time she spends looking around warily.  She also seems off-put by the backwards-walking drones and other weird things going on.]

This is the weirdest labyrinth I've ever seen...

[Phone; evening; unfiltered]

[At this point, Sayaka figures that if she isn't in a witch's labyrinth, she can probably at least still contact her friends.  So now she's on the phone after having dialed Madoka's number.  Unfortunately, she has no idea that the call is going to go out to the entire town.]

Madoka?  Madoka, are you there?

Comments

[reconstructs]

I know what you mean.

[At least you didn't deal with Kyouko 2.0: the Souju Sisters]

Hmm, I guess. Well, a lot of it, magic wouldn't help with anyway.

[knight_of_discord]

Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can't still try.

[reconstructs]

True enough. Even if we can't fix the big things, there's things we can do.

Well, if we had our magic. I have my gem but... nothing that goes with it.

[It was basically a "congrats, you're a zombie again" gift]

[knight_of_discord]

Yeah... I don't have mine either.

[reconstructs]

You'll probably get it soon. Whenever weird things happen, the town tends to give things back afterward. Well, not enough to help us out of here, but things.

[knight_of_discord]

I hope so. It just kills me having to stand by and watch, knowing that there's a way I can help people.

[reconstructs]

There's not much you can do about it though.

[Well, there is but... nah, Nico thinks telling her about the post office is probably a bad idea.]

[knight_of_discord]

I'll find a way.

[reconstructs]

[Great. Well, someone would probably tell her at some point]

Just be careful what price you pay for things like that. Wishes and the like.

[That's right, how much did this girl know anyway?]

[knight_of_discord]

It's all right. I made my wish knowing what I was getting into. I don't think it's something I'll ever regret.

[That should more or less answer it for her.]

[reconstructs]

I wouldn't be so sure...

[Well, it's not her job to break the news to her]

Just be careful of your soul gem, if you get it back. There's no witches here, but there's also no way to clean your gem, as far as I know.

[Well, even if she didn't... hopefully, Nico would get back Tocce del Mar before this girl needed her to use it]

[knight_of_discord]

Ooooh, good point. I'll have to watch that. Ugh, what a pain, though...

[reconstructs]

Inconvenience is really just the beginning.

[knight_of_discord]

Huh? What do you mean?

[reconstructs]

I just mean you should be prepared for pain much beyond just "what a pain". This place can be rather brutal.

[knight_of_discord]

It's okay. I'll be able to take care of myself.

[reconstructs]

Mm, I hope you do. Take care, Sayaka.

[knight_of_discord]

Yeah, you too.