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[protectshope]

Hello, everyone. It's me... Madoka! Sorry that I've been so quiet lately. I wanted to work extra hard so I could buy some decorations for my apartment with Mami-san and Sayaka-chan.

I hope this doesn't come off as strange, but... um. I'm trying to find some hobbies here. I wasn't very good at anything back home and... well, my job made me really busy. [By which she means, becoming the Law of the Cycle and ceasing to exist.

More importantly, Madoka is thinking of Sayaka and Mami. Being a magical girl ultimately wore them both down, mentally and physically, and she wants to distract them from constant witch hunts. ]

What kinds of fun things do you all do here? We've got a new shot at life, s-so... Might as well use it, right? For me, I used to really love gardening with my father... Oh! But also, I'd go over to a friends' place when she got video games. I saw something here called "Virtual Reality MOO?" Is that like the cute farming video game? Does anyone play it? Um... is it fun?

[And would it appeal to both Mami and Sayaka's heroic natures without actually putting them in harms' way??]

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[protectshope]

I wonder if they would like gardening..? I'll bet Sayaka-chan would find it boring, unless it was food...

Oh. And there's a place with Virtual Reality. I passed it in... Nova City, I think? And read about it in the newspaper.

[phanther]

A friend of mine grew vegetables on our school rooftop so I guess it could involve food if you wanted it to.

And huh, I guess that makes sense if Nova City is the super high-tech area. So virtual reality farming?

[protectshope]

Maybe...? I remember there were cute farming games back home. Maybe I should check it out? It was called, uh... "Holo Deck" or something.

Though, I've never been good at video games. I just smash buttons and lose.

[phanther]

Well, you know. Sometimes hitting buttons at random works out just as well. But I know what you mean. That's why I like the more laid back games where you can take your time figuring things out.

[She's not quite the gamer some of her friends are, though she's almost certainly played the odd mobile game here and there.]

[protectshope]

Yes, me too! I was better at the farming games, and ones where I could do strategy stuff... Th-Though, sometimes I would overthink it and get stuck.

[phanther]

I can't really say I had that problem. Usually it would be that I didn't think about it enough and ended up getting stuck. Then I'd usually switch to something not so complicated.

[protectshope]

Sounds like we have opposite problems... But maybe that means we'd make a good team. Balancing each other out, or something...?

[phanther]

Oh! Maybe. That's how most good teams normally work, right? Having different people cover different things.

[Worked for the Phantom Thieves.]

[protectshope]

Yeah! I know Sayaka-chan and I needed our friend Hitomi-chan to keep us from being too loony, at least. It worked.

But I really am curious about the game. Would you like to uh... [This is so forward to ask,] Check it out some time?

[phanther]

Oh sure! That would be great! Let me know if we're short any players and I'll see if I can drag someone else along.

[protectshope]

Sounds great! Oh... and gosh, how rude of me. My name is Madoka! Nice to meet you!

[phanther]

Nice to meet you too, Madoka-chan. I'm Ann.

[Possibly a little informal but Madoka seems just younger enough that Ann figures she can get away with it. She's never been great at formal anyway.]