first prayer

[prayed]

Characters: Kyoko Sakura
Setting: Room 02-13 & Cafeteria
Format: Action, but I'll match.
Summary: And then, just like that, the tower had another disgruntled magical girl.
Warnings: None to speak of.

[Room 02-13]
[Kyoko wasn't entirely sure what she'd expected following her death. In truth, she'd been been more concerned with taking care of Sayaka at present than whatever consequences would follow.

Her expectations had apparently been set high enough, however, as the momentary paralysis and the letters explaining the situation proved to be nothing but a disappointment. She found herself skimming the letter detailing both the destruction of her world and her apparent salvation without much interest before, rolling her eyes and making a noise of dissent, crumpling up and tossing it somewhere off to the side.

She wasn't the one who had needed saving.]

[Cafeteria]
[It wasn't something that would normally find it's way into her diet and it was certainly questionable given the current striation, but Kyoko's never been one to turn down free food and this was no exception. So it was without any complaint that she was currently working away at the bowl of oatmeal in front of her It was bland, but it was still food. Besides, questionable as the entire situation might have been, it was still pretty far from claiming the title of the worst thing she's ever eaten.]

Comments

cafeteria

[heartfeltfancy]

[Well

this was unexpected.]

K-Kyouko-chan?

[Says the disfigured pink girl with a soul gem ring on her finger.]

I'm so sorry.

[prayed]

[She starts to raise her hand in greeting at the familiar voice, but instead finds it slamming don on the table as she takes in Madoka's condition. And the ring on her finger. This girl, who has so many people who worry about her, isn't a person who should be in such a sorry state, wearing that ring.]

Ya contracted? Even knowing what kinda fate's in store for ya now?

[The chair slides back with a loud screech as she pushes herself up, fingers clawing at the table. It shouldn't frustrate her, really, but it does. This sort of stupidity.]

What the Hell happened!? Just what was so important that ya would go and sell your soul to that thing for such a cheap price!?

no it's okay i love angst

[heartfeltfancy]

[Madoka staggers a few steps back, a look of complete shock on her face.]

What...what are you..?

[and then it hits her. Timeline crap. It's always timeline crap.]

I've always been a puella magi. It seems...it seems you don't remember the things I do.

[prayed]

[Kyoko scrapes her fingers along the table, a mixture of guilt and frustration brewing up within her. There was no way she could have misremembered something like that, but this girl is so stupidly sincere, it's almost hard to think she's lying.]

We remember different things, huh? Fine, I'm listening. Just what do ya remember happening?

[starofpleiades]

[Sure is a little girl with a whole lot of freshly-made foods - scrambles, fruit, pastries - sitting down at your table. She saw the Welcome Oatmeal and decided to share her bounty.]

After you're done with that, would you like some of these? The oatmeal's pretty bland... but you have to eat it first.

[prayed]

I don't have anything to give ya in return, if that's what you're looking for.

[...she kind of does want some, though.]

[starofpleiades]

I'm not looking for anything in return! I just wanted to share.

[prayed]

Ya shouldn't be so nice to strangers, y'know. That's the sorta thing that people'll just take advantage of.

[Not that she's going to hesitate to take one of those pastries, now that her bowl is empty.]

Cafeteria

[princeofjunes]

[Welcome oatmeal, huh? Well, she doesn't exactly look like the friendliest camper in the world, but Yosuke figures he should at least try and extend a helping hand to a newbie stuck in this mess, so he walks over]

Hey, I'm guessing from the oatmeal you're new, right? I can try to answer any questions, if you want.

Re: Cafeteria

[prayed]

[You'd be grumpy too if somebody revived you without permission.]

I take it ya see new faces around here a lot.

[princeofjunes]

[That... is debatable]

Yeah, I've been here long enough to see a lot of people come and go. I still wouldn't call myself an expert, but I like to at least try and help.

[beknightedheroine]

<sub>[..Well, she's pretty sure that if Feferi catches her blowing off one more meal, she'll be forced to eat at the end of a ridiculously oversized fork.

She's just clonked down with a tray of Something Somewhat Appetizing™ about four seats away, not really paying all that much attention to her surroundings - thinking about when she should go over the new network posts again, maybe, and if all her notes really made it through the attack.

So hey Kyoko, have a Sayaka just casually starting lunch.]</sub>

[prayed]

[Of course, there was no way that Sayaka of all people would escape her notice. It was a relief to see her alive, in one piece and undeniably human again. She considers just calling out to her for a moment before opting to move down a few chairs, plopping down in one right next to Sayaka.]

Yo.

cafeteria

[blackwitch]

[ a little distance away is another young girl - and she's quite noticably staring, although she herself doesn't seem to think the fact is very rude. nope, she just casually walks over to where kyouko is sitting, staring at her with a slight grin. ]

.. What, you're actually eating that? [ oh, of course she knows all new people have to, she just likes taunting people and it's worth a try. ]

[prayed]

[Well, that explains what all that staring was about, anyway.]

Yeah. So what?

[She rolls her shoulders as she answers between bites, quickly adding.]

This place must be pretty boring, ya have time to worry about something like that.

[blackwitch]

Oh, it's not that this place is boring.. it's just that it's much more fun to see what kind of dumb decisions some people make, right? [ because insulting people to their face is always a good option-- except not, evatrice. ]

I heard enough people die in this place, so it seems there have to be enough idiots.

Cafeteria

[unexculpable]

New here, huh?

[prayed]

What gave it away?

[unexculpable]

[He nods to the oatmeal.]

Lucky guess.

[slamdunk]

[Oh look at that! That damn oatmeal. Nero wasn't one to usually start conversations with people he didn't know but... eh, that's a pretty good ice breaker.]

Either you're a good actress... or you're actually enjoyin' that food.

[prayed]

[She enjoys all food okok.]

Something wrong with that?

[slamdunk]

[dammit kyoko.]

There is all kinds of wrong with that oatmeal.

cafeteria

[riflesandtea]

[ hey, have a blonde with drill hair absentmindedly walking past with a tray. She's brought her own tea set, if the delicate china cup carefully balanced on the tray is any indication.

She walks right past, lost in her own thoughts - she's never been too observant, honestly - and sits down at the table next to Kyoko's without noticing, starting in on her food.

She's been running up and down stairs all day, figuring that she can't lean too heavily on her magic here, so it might be better to train herself a little without it. It explains her appetite, anyway. ]

[prayed]

[In retrospect, there was no reason for her to be surprised about Mami's appearance. After all, Kyoko herself had died before coming here, so why not her former teacher too? That doesn't keep it from being an awkward, frustrating and to a lesser extent relieving thing to see her alive again.

It might have been a blessing that Mami hadn't noticed her, as it gave her the few seconds needed to wipe the confusion off her face. She wraps her arm around the back of the chair, offering Mami a casual grin from across the room.]

Oi! This where ya wound up too? Jeeze, if I'd have known that, I would've dropped in a lot sooner.

[It's not quite an admission of happiness or a desire to see her, but emotional, heart-felt reunions had never been her thing.]

[riflesandtea]

[ she's startled, for a moment, but she turns to smile at her brightly. ]

Ah, Sakura-san! [ she knows Kyoko is p bad at emotions so she skims right past that ] You're here, too!

How have you been..? [ she is full of motherly concern ok ]